Swami Asimananda Saraswati

(February 16, 1903, Ramchandrapur, Bihar, India-??) . Hindu Swami and Saint. Born Ananda Prasad Chakraborty into a wealthy Brahmin family. Active in the Indian independence movement. An associate of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. Founder, Sri Sri Bojoykrishna Ashram Relief Society, 1943. Founder, Free Eye Camp (later the Netaji Eye Hospital), 1953.

Pastor Mihran Nicholas Ask

(March 22, 1886, Shabin Karahisar, Sivar Province, Western Armenia, Ottoman Empire-February 6, 1979, Morgan Hill, California). Presidential Candidate and Founder/Pastor, The Remnant Church. Journalist. Publisher, Prophecy magazine. Founder and Pastor, The Remnant Church, Gilroy, California. Dietitian. Naturopath. Candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1960, 1964. Peace Party candidate for President, 1960, 1964. Independent candidate for President, 1972. Survivalist and fundamentalist. Noted for his strong anti-Communist and right-wing views.

Swami Asokananda

(November 17, 1951, New York, New York-Alive). Hindu Swami. Initiated into the Holy Order of Sannyas (Renunciates), July, 1975. President, Integral Yoga Institute of New York, 1980-1997. President, Satchidananda Ashram-Yogaville, 1997-Current. President, Integral Yoga International, Buckingham, Virginia, 1997-Current.

Right Reverend Bishop Riah Hanna Abu El-Assal

(April 1, 1937, Nazareth, Palestine-Alive). 13th Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem. Palestinian refugee after Declaration of the State of Israel. Lived in Israel as an illegal resident, 1949-1953. Ordained Deacon, Anglican Church, 1965. Ordained Priest, 1966. Vicar, Christ Episcopal Church, Nazareth, Israel, 1967. A Founder, Nazareth Democratic Front, 1975. Founding Member, Committee for Defense of Arab Land, 1976. Founder Member, Progressive Movement, 1981. Founding Member, Progressive List for Peace, 1984 (Secretary General, August 24, 1985). Archdeacon of the Jerusalem Diocese, March 14, 1989. Endured lengthy travel ban (1986-1990) imposed by Israel for his contacts with Yassar Arafat. Co-Adjutor Bishop of Jerusalem, June 12, 1995. 13th Anglican Bishop of Jerusalem, August 15, 1998-Current.

Hahambashi David Asseo

(1914, Istanbul, Turkey-July 14, 2002, Istanbul, Turkey). Chief Separdic Rabbi of Turkey, 1961-2002, and Senior Rabbi of Europe. Sephardic Jewish Rabbi. Teacher. Member, Bet Din, 1936. Private Secretary to Chief Rabbi Rafael Saban. Headmaster, Academy of Jewish Learning, Haskoy, Turkey, 1955. Chief Rabbi of Turkey, December 9, 1961-July 14, 2002. Secretary, Conference of European Rabbis.

Param Pujya Pandurang Shastri Athavale

(October 19, 1920, Roha, Maharashtra, India-October 25, 2003, Mumbai, India). Religious Philosopher and Social Reformer. Known as Dada. Noted for his discourses on Srimad Bhagawad Geeta. A pioneer in the Swadhyay (Self-Study) Movement. Opposed caste system. Founder, Tatvagyan Vidhyapeeth, 1953. Received the Ramon Magsaysay Award, 1996. Received Templeton Prize, 1997. Received Padma Vibhushan Award, 1998.

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His All Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras

(March 25, 1886, Tsaraplana, Greece-July 6, 1972, Istanbul, Turkey). Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, 1949-1972. Ordained Priest, Greek Orthodox Church. Consecrated Metropolitan of Corfu, 1923. Greek Orthodox Archbishop of the United States, 1931-1949. Elected Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, 1949, serving until his death. Athenagoras ranks as one of the great leaders of Orthodoxy for his active leadership in the world ecumenical movement and his modernization reforms within the Orthodox Church. Maintained contacts with the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches and convened a pan-Orthodox synod in 1960. In 1964, he and Pope Paul VI revoked the mutual anathemas of 1054 by the Papal Legate Humbert and Patriarch Michael Caerularius.

Swami Atma-Swarupara-mananda

(France-Alive). Yoga Teacher, Founder and Swami, Advaita Yoga Ashrama, 2000-Current. Learned yoga in the tradition of Swami Sivananda Saraswati, 1980s. Studied under Andre Van Lysebeth. Initiated into kriya yoga by Swami Shankarananda Giri and Swami Hariharananda Giri. Graduate, International Sivananda Yoga Teachers Training Course, Kerala, India, 1987. Met his guru, Swami Vishnu-Devandandaji, 1987. Received mantra initiation, August, 1988. Received sannyas initiation, December, 1991. Joined staff of the Sivananda Yoga Center. Founder, Advaita Yoga Asrama, December, 2000. Teaches hatha yoga, bhagavad gita, meditation and philosophy. Resides in Houston, Texas.

Grand Chancellor Chev. Reginald Saviour Attard, GCSJ

(January 12, 1925, Birzebbugia, Malta-Alive). Grand Chancellor of the Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem. Chartered Accountant. President, Malta Institute of Accountants.

Sri Aurobindo

(August 15, 1872, Calcutta, India-December 5, 1950, Pondicherry, India). Hindu Mystic, Philosopher, Yogi and Poet. Born Aurobindo Akroyd Ghosh. An early revolutionary leader in the movement for a free India and founder of the Jugantar Party. While imprisoned, he had visions which turned him to spirituality. Began publishing his views in Arya, 1914. Became associated with Mirra Alfassa Richard, the "Mother." Developed "integral yoga." Founder, Sri Aurobindo Ashram, c. 1914. Taught the evolutionary development of humanity.

Most Reverend Archbishop Dr. Ludwig Averkamp

(February 16, 1927, Velen, Germany-Alive). Roman Catholic Archbishop of Hamburg, Germany, 1994-2002. Ordained Priest, Roman Catholic Church, October 10, 1954. Auxiliary Bishop of Munster, Germany and Titular Bishop of Thapsus, January 18, 1973. Co-Adjutor Bishop of Osnabrueck, Germany, November 7, 1985. Archbishop of Hamburg, Germany, October 24, 1994-February 16, 2002.

HaRav Shlomo Aviner

(1943, Lyon, France-Alive). Orthodox Rabbi and Rosh Yeshiva of Ateret Cohanim Institutions. National Director, Bneir Akiva of France. Electrical engineer. Made Aliya to Israel and studied under Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda Kook. Ordained Rabbi. Spiritual leader of Kibbutz Lavi and Moshav Keshet. Rav of Beit El. Rosh Yeshiva of Ateret Cohanim Institutions. Prolific author, columnist, and radio show host. A leading ideologue of the settlers in Israel.

Protopriest Avvakum Petrovich

(1620/1621, Grigorovo, Russia-April 14, 1782, Pustozersk, Russia). Old Believer Russian Orthodox Archpriest and Martyr. Archpriest, Russian Orthodox Church. Rejected reforms of Patriarch Nikon. Burned at the stake by Russian government, April 14, 1782. Considered a martyr among Old Believers, who highly value his autobiography.

Most Reverend Archbishop Gregory Michael Aymond

(November 12, 1949, New Orleans, Louisiana-Alive). Roman Catholic Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, 2009-Current. Ordained Priest, Roman Catholic Church, May 10, 1975. Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans, Louisiana and Titular Bishop of Acholla, November 19, 1996. Co-Adjutor Bishop of Austin, Texas, June 2, 2000. Bishop of Austin, Texas, January 2, 2001-June 12, 2009. Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, June 12, 2009Current.

Bishop Ketut Suryaga Ayub

(January 20, 1944, Bongan, Tabanan, Bali, Indonesia-Alive). Bishop of the Protestant Christian Church in Bali, Indonesia. Ordained Pastor, Protestant Christian Church, Blimbingsari, Bali, 1973. General Secretary, Protestant Christian Church in Bali, 1976-1984, 1992-2000. Head of Youth Services Bureau, Protestant Christian Church in Bali, 1984-1988. Head of Witness and Development Department, Protestant Christian Church, 1988-1992. Bishop, Protestant Christian Church in Bali, 2000-Current.